The only injured players that are guaranteed starters are Rodri and Dias. I know we have lots of injuries but the issue at the moment is lack of performances from “first team” players who just aren’t up to it anymore.I am thinking of quitting the forum, so many negative comments from people who have no experience of getting through tough times. Get a life! We have a good chance of getting back among the top four within a month if we can get players fit again, and it only takes a couple of wins to get back up there, we are not going to win the Premier League this time but get behind the team or fuck off
No chance if he's young, uninjured, and capable of running forward with the ball.Do you think Echeverri will go straight into the first team and play in the PL in January ??
You play unfit players, players out of position, players out of form, but no bloody youngsters.You do understand how a squad works ?
Arrgghhh we have several youngster in the team alreadyYou play unfit players, players out of position, players out of form, but no bloody youngsters.
Is he? Have you seen him play, do you know how he’ll adapt to a new strange country at a young age, do you know his personality. Me neither, yet you have opinions on which young players are ready and which aren’t.No chance if he's young, uninjured, and capable of running forward with the ball.
You said he is not livid at taking his wages , sounded much like you called him mercenary
the lack of respect to kev is astounding , taking bits of gossip and saying that is what he is thinking or doing when we know kev inside out and how much he enjoys being here and tries his best , playing injured , trying to help the team
Where did you read that? I was sort of surprised at the game, but VAR doesn’t often work in our favour, and the screens don’t show it from the right angles to confirm the VAR decision. If there is a genuine report…may be a good read.I see FIFA’s campaign for better reffing features our disallowed goal. Their conclusion? Not offside.
Interesting,He should have done.
I am not dismissing anything, its okay we're bad this season after all we won, ur argument is just bad thoughAre you seriously dismissing the last 4 years? You would rather have had your 3 players than the ones we had during our historic run?
This is dependent on Pep. It's not the high line that's the issue, it's that we've got 2 CB's & a No 6 operating as a defensive 3, with acres of grass either side of them.He does seem very resistant to change for some reason, high line is the most glaring example. Seems like a reasonably easy fix not to bomb 10 forward and leave a whole half for the opposition to run into, yet here we are week after week :(
I hope you are right about a return to form blue.
Is that prove his system was right all along, or to change his system & prove he has a handle on what's causing our slump in form?I think hes a man who wants to prove himself right
It was a foul, but not considered dangerous play, or a malicious challenge.Still can’t believe mykolenko wasn’t given a second yellow for the penalty!
Playing the high line is killing us, as is the 3 when Rico makes his move. It’s been evident since we started conceding the ‘one shot, one goal’ on the break, all due to the high line and width available, the difference being in days gone by we would mostly outscore anyone. It’s no coincidence we became more solid with the 4 adaptable centre backs which we’ve not played since either because Pep has gone off it or due to the massive injury list? Teams have gone from sitting deep and hoping for a break or two to sitting deep and having a game plan of looking for any gap to get at us once we’ve made the usual camp in their half. This coupled with our inability to cope with the bigger , faster, stronger players everyone else seems to have acquired and our awfully slow attacking play feeds right into every other team’s hands . For me we’ve been well and truly sussed out and even with Rodri may have still suffered. The other obvious reason is our creative players hitting that brick wall of age/injury/tiredness all at the same time, how we’re crying out for a peak Kev or Merlin to orchestrate our attacks.This is dependent on Pep. It's not the high line that's the issue, it's that we've got 2 CB's & a No 6 operating as a defensive 3, with acres of grass either side of them.
If the ball gets chipped into either left or right space, & two forwards attack centrally, we've got an instant 4 v 3, with City stretched & back pedaling. We've been found out with a system that only seems to work with a fit Rodri as No 6. Most times he's been absent with this formation, it's been disastrous for us.
Pep needs to set is up for the players we have available, not in preparation for Rodri's return next August at the earliest. Even then it'll probably take him a season to get back to form & fitness if ever.
Over to Baldy! \0/
I'm not so much troubled by the idea of a high line, it's the gaps we're leaving which the opposition are exploiting game after game, with no reaction from Pep that seriously concerns me.Playing the high line is killing us, as is the 3 when Rico makes his move. It’s been evident since we started conceding the ‘one shot, one goal’ on the break, all due to the high line and width available, the difference being in days gone by we would mostly outscore anyone. It’s no coincidence we became more solid with the 4 adaptable centre backs which we’ve not played since either because Pep has gone off it or due to the massive injury list? Teams have gone from sitting deep and hoping for a break or two to sitting deep and having a game plan of looking for any gap to get at us once we’ve made the usual camp in their half. This coupled with our inability to cope with the bigger , faster, stronger players everyone else seems to have acquired and our awfully slow attacking play feeds right into every other team’s hands . For me we’ve been well and truly sussed out and even with Rodri may have still suffered. The other obvious reason is our creative players hitting that brick wall of age/injury/tiredness all at the same time, how we’re crying out for a peak Kev or Merlin to orchestrate our attacks.
I can’t find it noe but was on t’internet yesterday.Where did you read that? I was sort of surprised at the game, but VAR doesn’t often work in our favour, and the screens don’t show it from the right angles to confirm the VAR decision. If there is a genuine report…may be a good read.